UCI’s Nyberg sparkles

UC Irvine sophomore Eric Nyberg won the decathlon with a lifetime

best of 6,410 points at the Northridge multi-event meet Thursday.

UCI’s James Lehigh (6,081) finished third and Trent Richert

(5,739) was sixth for the Anteaters.

Nyberg won individual events with personal bests of 109 feet, 9

inches in the discus, 14-9 1/2 in the pole vault and 181-3 in the

javelin.

Nyberg ran the 1,500 meters in four minutes, 58.37 seconds and the

110 high hurdles in 16.42 seconds.

UCI’s Aaron Lewis was forced to withdraw with an injury.

Fritz Nugent of Redlands (6,336) was second.

Lions win 6th straight

* TENNIS: The Vanguard University men’s tennis team won its sixth

straight match, 6-3, over visiting Amherst of Maine Thursday at Costa

Mesa Tennis Center.

No. 1 doubles duo Andreas Guerner and Christoph Schramm won, 8-4,

to give Vanguard (7-1) an early lead. No. 2 singles player Dieter

Weislmaier swept his sets, 6-0, 6-0, while Andreas Reckziegel swept

at No. 4 singles for the Lions.

Coast women perfect

* TENNIS: The Orange Coast College women’s tennis team remained

unbeaten with a 7-2 nonconference victory over host El Camino

Thursday.

OCC (10-0) took the three doubles points after victories from

Michelle Esquivel and Jessica Rice, 6-2, 6-2, Emily Paulson and

Rachael Sessum, 1-6, 6-3, 10-6, as well as Julie Haley and Ai

Takamori, 6-0, 6-3.

Newport beats Cougars

* SWIMMING: Newport Harbor High’s girls swimming team defeated

visiting Capistrano Valley, 109-61, in a nonleague dual meet

Thursday.

Newport swept the 200-yard freestyle, as Anne Belden, Kaley Oka

and Kally Lucas went one-two-three.

The Sailors also swept the 100 butterfly, with Oka, Ashling Taylor

and Belden in the top three spots.

Newport clinched both the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays as

well.

Nonleague

GIRLS

Newport Harbor 109,

Capistrano Valley 61

200 medley relay -- 1. Newport (Chiapuzio, Kepner, Taylor,

Wheeler), 2:05.22.

200 free -- 1. Belden (NH), 2:01.73; 2. Oka (NH), 2:04.68; 3.

Lucas (NH), 2:05.26.

200 IM -- 1. Uzawa (CV), 2:24.17; 2. Moore (CV), 2:25.13; 3.

Cottam (NH), 2:28.21.

50 free -- 1. Robertson (NH), 24.92; 2. Cottam (NH), 28.03; 3.

Werner (CV), 28.11.

100 fly -- 1. Oka (NH), 1:04.99; 2. Taylor (NH), 1:05.01; 3.

Zeiser (NH), 1:05.21.

100 free -- 1. Robertson (NH), 55.68; 2. Lucas (NH), 58.10; 3.

Peeler (CV), 59.40.

500 free -- 1. Peters (CV), 5:18.26; 2. Uzawa (CV), 5:38.75; 3.

Zeiser (NH), 5:51.48.

200 free relay -- 1. Newport (Robertson, Lucas, Wheeler, Belden),

1:48.80.

100 back -- 1. Belden (NH), 1:05.22; 2. Layton (NH), 1:08.92; 3.

Blackburn (CV), 1:11.88.

100 breast -- 1. Peters (CV), 1:09.59; 2. Taylor (NH), 1:13.51; 3.

Kepner (NH), 1:17.97.

400 free relay -- 1. Newport (Robertson, Zeiser, Tyler, Belden ),

3:56.43.

Mesa blanks Seahawks

* TENNIS: The Costa Mesa High boys tennis lineup swept every

opponent in an 18-0 Golden West League shellacking of Ocean View

Thursday.

The doubles team of Brian Nguyen and John Dang swept, 6-0, 6-1,

6-1, to improve to 12-0 in league this season.

Huy Le swept at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-0, 6-1, to improve to 10-2

in league.

Mesa’s No. 3 doubles team of Ted Lee and Shea Huffman swept to

become 9-0 in league

Costa Mesa improved to 5-2, 4-0 in league.

Golden West League

Costa Mesa 18,

Ocean View 0

Singles -- Le def. Q. Tran, 6-3, def. M. Tran, 6-0, def. Phan,

6-1; Bahana (CM) won, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1; Gomez (CM) won, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles -- Nguyen-Dang def. Phan-K. Nguyen, 6-0, def. Luo-Luong,

6-1, def. Lego-A. Nguyen, 6-1; Sneen-Shida (CM) won, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2;

Lee-Huffman (CM) won, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

Sailors trounce Cavs

* SOFTBALL: The Newport Harbor softball team needed only five

innings to claim an 11-0 nonleague win over host Santiago Thursday.

Nine Newport Harbor players scored runs, including catcher

Julianne Bass who was 2 for 3 with three RBIs.

Lauren Talbott was 3 for 3 and also had three RBIs, and Jane

Messersmith was 2 for 2 and had one RBI for the Sailors (4-1).

Nonleague

Newport Harbor 11,

Santiago 0

Score by Innings

*--*

NH 1 4 1 5 - 11 11 1

Santiago 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1

*--*

Gleason and Bass; Howard and Crozon, Aguirre (2). W -- Gleason,

4-1. L -- Howard. 2B -- Knight (NH), Talbott (NH). 3B -- Messersmith.

Eagles foil Lions

* TENNIS: All three singles players swept their sets, along with

the No. 1 doubles unit, as the Estancia High boys tennis team cruised

to a 16-2 Golden West League victory over visiting Westminster

Thursday.

Junior Scott Braunsdorf won, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0, at the No. 1 singles

spot, while freshman Bradley Fisher and junior Andy Nelson swept at

the Nos. 2 and 3 singles spots for the Eagles (2-5, 2-1 in league).

The No. 1 doubles team of Chris Alvergue and Cesar Gonzalez also

swept.

Westminster falls to 0-3 in league.

Golden West League

Estancia 16,

Westminster 2

Singles -- Braunsdorf def. Ly, 6-0, def. Duong, 6-1, def. J. Tran, 6-0. Fisher (Est) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0. Nelson (Est) won, 6-2, 6-0,

6-2.

Doubles -- Alvergue-Gonzales def. Hua-J. Tran, 6-2, def.

Bonisaco-T. Tran, 7-5, def. Chhun-Lam, 6-3. Thompson-Ross (Est) lost,

6-2, won, 6-3, 6-0. Do-Avella (Est) lost, 6-4, won, 6-1, 6-2.

Newport edges Servite

* GOLF: Junior Spencer Quinn shot 2-over-par 38 to earn medalist

honors and lead the Newport Harbor High boys golf team to a 205-213

nonleague victory over visiting Servite Thursday at Big Canyon

Country Club.

Sophomore Andrew Skjonsby shot 40 for the Sailors (4-3), while

Justin Morehead (41), Brandon Sowers (42), Chris Willard (44) and

Davis Pemstein (44) all scored for the victors.

Eagles trim Warriors

* SOFTBALL: The visiting Saddleback Valley Christian High softball

team came within one run of tying it in the seventh inning, but

Estancia escaped victorious, 6-5, in a nonleague game Thursday.

Muriel Mason threw a complete-game five-hitter with one walk and

five strikeouts. Four of Saddleback Valley’s runs were unearned.

Mason also went 2 for 3 at the plate, with two runs scored and an

RBI to help Estancia improve to 5-2.

Hilary Ockey was 2 for 3 and Keile Brown was 2 for 3 with three

RBIs.

Estancia visits Sage Hill at 3 p.m. today.

Nonleague

Estancia 6,

Saddleback Valley Christian 5

Score by Innings

*--*

SVC 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 5 4

Estancia 0 1 0 2 1 2 x - 6 9 4

*--*

Ramirez and Vasquez; Mayson and Ockey. W -- Mayson, 3-1. L --

Ramirez. 3B -- Goble (SV), Mayson (Est). HR -- Vasquez (SV).

Sea Kings prevail

* SOFTBALL: The Corona del Mar High softball team defeated host

Orange, 4-3, in nonleague play Thursday.

CdM sophomore Holly Van Hiel hit a two-run home run in the third

inning, and winning pitcher Michelle Tolfa gave up four hits.

Tolfa struck out 12 and walked two to up CdM’s record to 4-3.

Orange left 11 runners on base.

Tolfa’s home run in the seventh provided the winning margin.

Nonleague

Corona del Mar 4,

Orange 3

Score by Innings

*--*

CdM 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 4 7 2

Orange 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 4 2

*--*

Tolfa and Redelsheimer; Sjule and Paredes. W -- Tolfa,4-3. L --

Sjule. 2B -- Toledo (0), Paredes (0). HR -- Tolfa (CdM), Van Hiel

(CdM).

Norwalk rallies late

* BASEBALL: The visiting Norwalk High baseball team scored four

runs in the last two innings and topped Estancia, 5-3, in a nonleague

game Thursday.

Junior Michael McDaniels was 1 for 4 at the plate, with a run

scored and an RBI for Estancia, which fell to 0-6 heading into its

Golden West League opener Wednesday against visiting Orange.

Junior Evan Van Geem was 1 for 2 with an RBI, while sophomore Tim

Morley was 2 for 4 with a run scored and two stolen bases.

Nonleague

Norwalk 5,

Estancia 3

Score by Innings

*--*

Norwalk 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 4 3

Estancia 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 4

*--*

Campos and Rodriguez; Curran, Chaires (6), Redding (7) and

McClanahan, Morley (5). W -- Campos. L -- Curran, 0-3. 2B --

Rodriguez (N). 3B -- McDaniels (E).

Texas tops Anteaters

* TENNIS: UC Irvine senior Brian Morton was the lone Anteater to

win in singles and doubles in the hosts’ 5-2 nonconference loss to

Texas Thursday.

Morton, a Corona del Mar High product, defeated Callum Beale, 6-4,

6-4, at No. 1 singles and teamed with Rye Kashiwabara to defeat Beale

and Travis Helgeson, 9-7, at No. 1 doubles.

UCI fell to 9-7 while the No. 12-ranked Longhorns improved to 6-3.

Peirsol finishes eighth

* SWIMMING: Newport Harbor High product Hayley Peirsol finished

eighth in the 500-yard freestyle Thursday at the NCAA Swimming and

Diving Championships in West Lafayette, Ind.

Peirsol, a sophomore competing for defending national champion

Auburn, finished in 4 minutes, 44.09 seconds.

UC Irvine freshman Chelsea Nagata finished 65th in the

50-freestyle Thursday.

Nagata, the Big West Conference champion in the 100 butterfly, in

which she has the ninth fastest time in the country this season, will

swim in that event today at the Boilermaker Aquatics Complex.

Eagles falter to Edison

* GOLF: Junior Marcus Sostak shared medalist honors, but the

Estancia High boys golf team fell to visiting Edison, 189-198, in a

nonleague match at the Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club Thursday.

Sostak shot par 35 to lead the Eagles (2-5), while Greg Les (36),

Austin Serr (42), Garrett McMasters (43) and Ryan Gleason (43) also

scored for Estancia.

Estancia opens Golden West League play against Westminster at 3

p.m. Tuesday.

Young advances

* GYMNASTICS: Fourth-grade Eastbluff Elementary student Adam

Young, of Newport Beach, qualified for the regional boys gymnastics

competition, scheduled for April 7-10 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds,

following a ninth-place all-around finish at the California state

junior olympics Sunday at UCLA.

Young placed third in the floor exercise and fourth on the vault

in the 9-year-old Southern California division. He is a member of the

U.S. Gymnastics Training Center in Aliso Viejo.

‘Eaters tame Tigers

* WATER POLO: The UC Irvine women’s water polo team defeated

visiting Princeton, 9-3, Tuesday night in a nonconference match at

Anteater Aquatics Complex.

The ‘Eaters (8-9) took over in the third period, scoring five

goals and holding the Tigers to none. Christine McDonald, Jessica

Lewis, Nicole Frish, Robyn Kaake and Nicole Flacco all finished with

goals for UCI.